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Friday, January 23, 2009
musing... - 1:46 AM
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Today was a thoughtful day while i mull over the book I read - "Till we have faces" written by C S Lewis (the author of Chronicles of Narnia).. It was such a good read.. Absolutely addictive. I started it this morning and got stuck to it for 2 hours as soon as I reached home after work.

I was also looking through a war photo journalism book lying in the office.. Didn't know that such great books are lying in the office and it actually slipped through my eyes.. A friend was sharing with us about a photo which caught the attention of the media in 1992. It showed the body of a couple, Admira Ismic and Bosko Brkic who became known to some as the Romeo and Juliet of Sarajevo.

Here's excerpt which I saw on some website..

"No two people have more exemplified the tragedy of the civil war in Bosnia, than 25-year-old sweethearts Bosko Brkic and Admira Ismic. The only impediment to their love was living in a country who's people are divided solely on the basis of ethnic heritage. For Bosko, a Serb, and Admira, a Muslim, the love they once expressed only for each other was forced to become a secret. The couple, who had been dating for seven years, since high school, were both chemistry students at the University of Sarajevo. Bosko remained in the city to be with Admira despite his families flight from the blood shed. Finally,in the spring of 1993, Admira choose to reward Bosko for staying behind by fleeing Sarajevo with him to Serb territory.

They knew their escape would be a dangerous one. To get to the Serb side they had to cross the Vrbanja bridge, the front line between Bosnian Serb and Muslim Forces. While most who wished to flee the city dared not risk the sniper fire, some had successfully crossed over. On the day of their planned escape, carrying two bags, Bosko and Admira approached the government soldiers on the Bosnian side of "no mans land". They asked the soldiers to let them try an escape, and the police snipers assented.

The young lovers began running as fast as they could across the bridge. They had almost reached the Serb side when snipers opened fire. The machine gun fire came so rapidly that the couple had no chance to seek cover. Bosko was killed instantly, his body laying twisted on the ground. Mortally wounded, Admira crawled the few feet to her lover and wrapped her arm around him before she died."

Here's a song sang by Sammi Cheng.. Pretty old song (as you can tell from the MTV) yet beautifully written about this couple.. Here's the youtube link..

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